Thousands of voters experienced frustration on election day with the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) facing technical issues.
In many voting stations, long queues were the order of the day, with some taking more than six hours to cast their votes.
By 21:00, the usual voting cut-off time, scores of people had not yet been able to cast their votes. Even after 22:00, numerous people were still waiting in line to cast their ballots across thousands of voting districts. Technical glitches were believed to be the reason for the slow voting process in many districts.
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